Yes there is a tag for short name. Don't know at the moment but is listed in the wiki under the names site. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
On 21 March 2019 6:40:25 pm AEDT, Warin <[email protected]> wrote: >On 21/03/19 15:42, Andrew Davidson wrote: >> On 21/3/19 11:26, Thomas Manson wrote: >>> 1) First of all, is my understanding correct? It should be the >>> station name. >> >> Depends on which version you'd like to believe. The original proposal > >> for public_transport=platform >> (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?oldid=625726#Platform) >said: >> >> "The name by which the platform is known." >> >> someone has later decided to change this. Which one is "correct"? >When >> using PTv2 I stick to just the original proposal description as the >> various "translations" has made it harder and harder to understand >(in >> other words the platform name is fine). >> >> However, I'd split them into single platforms, there's no need to >> combine them. > >+ 1 >Split the platforms if possible/convenient and you have time. >The train arrives at/departs from platform 4 ... not platform 4+5. > >Central or 'Central Station' refers to the whole thing. When you are >there you talk of 'platform 5' not 'Central Station Platform 5' .. so >I'd stick with just the platform as the name - locally that is what is >used. >Same with other stations. > > >> >>> 2) Secondly, should the name be Central or Central Station (assuming > >>> 1 is correct)? >> >> Central is the short name, Central Station is the full name. > >Not certain if OSM has short_name .. if not I'd use local_name. > >_______________________________________________ >Talk-au mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
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